Trailer: Gabriel Byrne stars in modern War of the Worlds miniseries

Posted 6 years ago

From November into December, BBC One aired a War of the Worlds mini-series that took place at the turn of the 20th century, which is when the source novel written by H.G. Wells was published. It was refreshing to see...

Awfully Good: The Island of Dr. Moreau

Posted 6 years ago

I was tempted to do a column on the historic badness of CATS, but I feel enough has been written about that abomination. Instead, let’s look at another cinematic disaster featuring terrifying animal-human hybrids…   The Island of Dr. Moreau...

Trailer released for BBC One’s period piece War of the Worlds

Posted 7 years ago

This is the adaptation of H.G. Wells' 1897 novel The War of the Worlds that I've always wanted to see. While the story has been brought to the screen multiple times, the people behind the adaptations always made the decision to...

First images from War of the Worlds mini-series starring Gabriel Byrne

Posted 7 years ago

Studiocanal-backed Urban Myth Films has teamed up with Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa and AGC Television for a new adaptation of the 1897 H.G. Wells novel The War of the Worlds, and a few images from this adaptation have arrived...

Greg Kinnear might fight in the latest War of the Worlds

Posted 7 years ago

The BBC has filmed a three-part adaptation of the H.G. Wells story The War of the Worlds that will, unlike other film and television adaptations of the story, actually take place at the turn of the 20th century, as the...

Eight-part War of the Worlds series is a contemporary re-imagining

Posted 8 years ago

Earlier this year, the BBC went into production on a three-part mini-series adaptation of H.G. Wells' 1897 novel The War of the Worlds, one which I'm really excited to see because it's actually set at the turn of the 20th...

Production is underway on the BBC’s War of the Worlds adaptation

Posted 8 years ago

There have been multiple cinematic and television adaptations of H.G. Wells' 1897 story The War of the Worlds over the decades (not to mention an infamous 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles), including a 1953 film directed by Byron Haskin...

Richard Stanley is getting another chance to make The Island of Dr. Moreau

Posted 9 years ago

Making a cinematic adaptation of the classic H.G. Wells novel THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU was a passion project for HARDWARE / DUST DEVIL director Richard Stanley, who had first read the book as a child. He spent four years...

Fired Island of Dr. Moreau director might get a chance to direct a reboot

Posted 9 years ago

1996's would-be blockbuster ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU is notorious as one of the most troubled productions in history. The first director, Richard Stanley, was fired just a few days into production (after over four years in pre-production) and replaced by...

The F*ckin Black Sheep: The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

Posted 11 years ago

THE BLACK SHEEP is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATH. We’re hoping this column will...

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